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October 21, 1993

Untitled (1959) Willem de Kooning, oil and pencil on paperboard

“Willem de Kooning from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection,” opens at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and will be on display through January 9, 1994. This launches an extensive tour of 50 works charting the Dutch-born American artist’s development from 1939-1985. The exhibition will also travel to Barcelona, Atlanta, Boston and Houston.

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Posted: 21 October 2010
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.